Ready, Willing and Able

Congratulations on the New Boat. When it was noted that a 23 had been sold, I wondered if it was yours! It should fly with the 150!

70 mph might be a little fast for the trailer--check and see what speed the tires are rated for? Also I would be surprised if the 23 only is 3,000 # on the trailer. It might be interesting to put the rig on a scale and find out...

I always have a strap either from the stern eyes or across the cockpit to the trailer frame.
 
Welcome to the club - we love our venture too. I agree with the above post I’d say mine is closer to 5k loaded. The first night I brought it home I slept in the birth in my driveway haha. I agree the weight is more than 3k. When I got mine the bunk “rails” needed to be adjusted a little. I would agree with the above post I think loaded the boat with my two engines fuel gear and water is closer to 5k. I hope you enjoy many great Ventures :). ( your boat is my twin - they literally built it next to mine )

Congrats again!
H
 
gpage3, as other guys have said, you will love that boat. I have the same motor on my 23 and today I hit 39.5 MPH with some RPM's still available. The small, subtle rollers from Cattle Pass caused too much pounding, so I'll try for 40 MPH another day. It delivered 3.4 MPG mostly against the tide, but I can figure about 1 MPG more with the tide.

Just a 68 mile day-jaunt to the San Juans and back today, but if it was a summer travel day I could have doubled that total. It's such a capable and comfortable little cruiser.
Have fun with your new friend! And Ordutch1975, I most likely would have slept in the boat on its trailer that first night, too! I always have to tear myself away from my plastic lovetub at trip's end.
:love
 
The only splash so far was in Florida on the day of purchase. Home the next day I could not account for all the small red spots raised on both my arms and back. Then I recalled, at the ramp the guys from Three Rivers Marina and I were attacked by swarms of little insects, noseeums. Nasty!

I had to get right back to work when I returned (or else sell my boat!) I have it tucked away on gravel at a nearby storage facility.

It is a bit of a learning curve for me getting the trailer correct in turns, drove it over to gas up and had to have help missing the poll pump protector. On one occasion I hit my turn signal housing but did no put it out of commission. At a gas station when I heard a bump my immediate thought was I failed to check the roof height. WOW...false alarm!

I have never operated a power boat. As I mentioned this is a transition from sailing. The biggest challenge for now is on the road.
 
gpage3, Congrats on the new boat. You are going to love it. Nope, not the same as sailing but you are still only feet from the water. :D Yes, it will have some learning curve, some of us take longer than others, (Witness Catman doing 39MPH in a V-23. Wasn't it just a couple of weeks ago he was still a dyed in the wool calm and quiet 16er :lol:

The overhead bump ??? just remember to put the Antenna down at the ramp. (Might be a good idea to measure your bridge clearance and put a reminder note in the tow rig too. :oops:

Enjoy and stay safe.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

JC_Lately_SleepyC_Flat_Blue_070.thumb.jpg
 
So now for the important stuff.
Where should I place the boats name, on the white sides below the windows or on the maroon stripe towards the rear? ? How large of letters should I use? Decisions, decisions! :smiled
 
The Majority of the C Brats put the name on the cabin trunk. There is a chance of docks and fenders causing damage on the the hull. I usually put 4 to 6" letters depending on the boat. I did put the name on the hull on the 25 and the 255 Tom Cat. The 25 and my first 22 were documented.

I find the letters on the side of the cabin are easier for other boats to see--especially at a gathering--when you may have 15 to 30 boats which are similar.
But, whatever you like--also the same is true of if you want script of unusual types of letters or other graphics.
 
I'll second the doctor, for the reasons he outlined.

Hey, Harvey, you got me on that speed comment. But what's a fella to do when he has all that power just begging to be undomesticated? But yet another feature I like about C-Dory's is the hull allows us to travel pretty darn straight at 7 knots for as long as we like. I like that speed a lot.
 
gpage3":2sjwi3od said:
So now for the important stuff.
Where should I place the boats name, on the white sides below the windows or on the maroon stripe towards the rear? ? How large of letters should I use? Decisions, decisions! :smiled
Click to expand...

Since you asked, here is what I learned. I put my vinyl lettering on the cabin sides, below the window and just behind the leading edge of the window, and made them nice and large and with an easy to read font. I believe the lettering is 8". That makes it easy to read from pretty far off, BUT, I have to be careful when walking the gunnel/deck going forward to be careful I don't scuff the lettering. Doing it again, I might consider placing the name just forward of the nav lights on the cabin trunk or (some might call it the dog house curve). I would say it depends on how long a came you want to use, as the longer it is the harder it would be to read as it goes around the curve to face forward.

You can see my album of the process here:

JC_Lately_SleepyC_Flat_Blue_070.sized.jpg

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

January_2010_254.thumb.jpg
 
Catman":3kvpfd6w said:
I'll second the doctor, for the reasons he outlined.

Hey, Harvey, you got me on that speed comment. But what's a fella to do when he has all that power just begging to be undomesticated? But yet another feature I like about C-Dory's is the hull allows us to travel pretty darn straight at 7 knots for as long as we like. I like that speed a lot.
Click to expand...

Alright Brock, Enjoy, you earned that ride :hot And truely, after all those years as a sailor, I never did figure the logic on pulling on "sheets" to adjust the main :oops:

But I do love that quiet, slow cruise too.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

PLI_and_SB_CBGT_2_683.thumb.jpg
 
Back
Top